LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man accused of driving a stolen SUV at a Lincoln police officer who was trying to arrest a woman has been sent to prison.

Local media says 36-year-old Jonathan Dye was sentenced to three to six years in prison on Thursday. He pleaded no contest to theft by receiving stolen property and operating a motor vehicle to avoid arrest.

Police say Dye accelerated toward an officer outside a bank in December. The officer was at the bank about Dye’s passenger, who allegedly was trying to cash stolen checks. Dye and the woman fled.

The SUV, which was stolen out of Council Bluffs, Iowa, was later found abandoned in Lincoln.